Renewable Resources

One advantage of solar and wind power over fossil fuels is that

• wind and solar are presently much less expensive than fossil fuels.

• wind and solar come from natural processes and fossil fuels do not.

• wind and solar are nonrenewable resources and fossil fuel are renewable.

• wind and solar are continuously renewable and fossil fuels take millions of years to be formed.

This energy is from moving air.

• Wind Energy

• Geothermal Energy

• Fossil Fuel Energy

• Biofuel

This is electrical energy that comes from the force of energy of moving water. It is the most widely used type of renewable energy.

• Coal

• Hydroelectric Power

• Wind Energy

• Geothermal Energy

This is a liquid fuel derived from plant materials.

• wind energy

• biofuel (from biomass)

• geothermal energy

• solar energy

This is the energy generated in the Earth's core and produces steam and hot water.

• Solar Energy

• Hydroelectric Power

• Fossil Fuels

• Geothermal

Solar energy is a completely renewable resource.

• Advantage

• Disadvantage

Wind energy is pollution free.

• Advantage

• Disadvantage

Hydropower can have a negative impact on river wildlife.

• Advantage

• Disadvantage

Geothermal power is geographically limited-not available in many locations.

• Advantage

• Disadvantage

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource

• Non-Renewable Energy Resource